DE10043577A1 - Method for access to Internet pages/homepages assigned with an Internet address/domain name limits access only to those sites with their addresses stored in a list comparing selected addresses with those in the list. - Google Patents

Abstract

A list of domain names for permitted access is updated automatically at regular time gaps. Domain names in the list are allocated to specific categories like art, culture, business, entertainment, tourism and banking. Selecting a desired category selects domain addresses with permitted access. If an address of a desired Internet page is not stored in the list, one for which access is refused, then a program module is available for sending to a server a wish to put the address with access denied into the list.

Description

The invention relates to a method by means of which access to preselected Internet pages can be done.

For this purpose, the current situation regarding Internet access is briefly outlined. People that employed in companies use the internet for private purposes while of working hours. The first contact to email, chat, home banking, web surfing takes place in the age of introducing new media solutions in the workplace. Because of the numerous overlaps between private interests and the Quenching the thirst for knowledge about the Internet more and more companies doubt Use of the Internet for your own company because - as mentioned - in part completely uncontrolled employee Internet access for private purposes use and therefore not their working time for the company Make available what they are obliged to do under labor law.  

The aim of the invention is to provide a technical solution, like this conflict of goals between employee interests and also the subordinates corporate interests can be resolved fairly without causing discrimination comes from employees who - for whatever reason - seek Internet access for private purposes during working hours.

This goal is achieved with a method having the features of claim 1. Advantageous further developments are described in the subclaims.

The invention is based on the fact that in the form of a categorized positive list are stored in the form of domain addresses which the company considers useful, so that employees can access it even during working hours. This results from the electronically defined release of Internet addresses Internet addresses are almost exclusively available for every workplace, which are in line with the company's interests and with the area direction of the respective workplace. With the solution according to the invention, where a positive list includes the addresses that can be accessed, The benefits of the internet as well as e-commerce for businesses can be significant be increased without giving employees internet access for business To curtail purposes.

Internet and e-commerce, the electronically implemented initiation, negotiation, Processing and quality control of transactions for a market transaction between economic entities and companies is already creating sub each category take significant competitive advantage over competing Companies that are sluggish in the new possibilities of the digital world discover the transaction between entities.

With the invention it is achieved that the free access to the Internet selects is cut by employees during working hours, but the Internet is cut resorted to homepages of permissible and for that in the sense of the company  Companies of generally interesting websites are permitted.

So far, it has been the case that free access to the Internet is available in the shortest possible time independent realignment of employees and departments without their superiors of the company departments or the management has given appropriate consent. According to an investigation, 55% use all Employees in companies access the internet at work only for private and therefore not for corporate purposes. Such private uses exist for for example in the short (private) account check, a current vacation offer or a short creative break for the current internet game (grouse hunting). All workers who have free access to the workplace Have Internet use - statistically speaking - an average of 23 minutes a day Internet access not only for private purposes, but also for game promotions, which ultimately has a significantly negative impact on employee performance Has an impact and also represents a reduction in the productivity of companies.

This has already led to the fact that the Internet was completely switched off for employees, which, however, was hardly to be implemented Zen is when employees at their work place have internet access are instructed to carry out their work.

With the invention it is achieved that extensive private Internet use is prevented during working hours, extremely political content and pornography phical offers are excluded, an image protection for the company is guaranteed and a high access speed is ensured and the current required releases of Internet offers is made possible immediately.

This is done centrally at the provider of the company or at the company in whose Internet server has a general positive list or an internal one Positive list provided, in which the addresses are stored, which are for the Inter net and e-commerce application of the company make sense, in any case  largely do not contain such addresses that are typical for a private Inter are network use. Here, certain Internet addresses are selected but not through the automatic content control of pages, but through the Selection of positive lists / addresses, i.e. those addresses, of which that too Company positively knows that this information is contained in some Can be useful to the company at some point.

For the technical implementation of the invention at the company or on Workplace or at the provider of the company a list administration Server with components (IBM is preferred here) such as Netfinity Server (model 5000 or 5100) with a system design of 1 GB RAM. Around The use of a RAID system is intended to achieve high reliability moderate. Two hard drives in a storage volume of e.g. B. 36.7 GB are considered Minimum requirement for a mirror set per RAID system required. The mirror The purpose of security is for data, filter modules, local (business) lists, accounts figuration and proxy server, since a new installation of the system significantly less would be expensive and would result in downtime. A UPS system should also be used are used to control the voltage peaks and possible power failures to compensate (if not yet available). For example, here is the model Smart-UPS 3000 RM 3U practical.

The technical data of a list management server are as follows:

server

Processor: From Pentium III 733 MHz
Number of processors: 1 standard processor
Level 2 cache: 512 KB
RAM: 1024 MB
Front side bus: 100 MHz
Graphics: S3 Trio64V2 / GX
Network card: Ethernet 100 Mbps

hard disk

Ultrastar 36ZX
(36.7 GB, Ultra2 SCSI): 2 × 10020 RPM and 2 MB cache

RAID adapter

Model 01K7364 3L Ultra2: 20 MBps, 40 MBps, 80 MBps
Interface: PCI

The positive list can either only interests from a certain topic offer (e.g. health and medicine, trade and economy, information and knowledge, culture and art, media, leisure and hobby, computers and the Internet, Education and humanities, music, food and beverages, natural sciences science, law, travel and tourism, government and politics, cities and countries, Technology, entertainment, etc.). Alternatively, it is also possible that in the whole List of each stored address is also assigned at least one category, so that on the part of the server by unlocking certain categories the same a large number of Internet addresses are switched to be accessible at an early stage.

Through the invention, someone can only, for example, during working hours access the Internet addresses or websites released with the list.

The entries in the list can be made independently by a representative in the sub take be expanded or reduced. A constantly updated list is kept in Form of the mentioned positive list automatically at regular intervals transfer a regional list management server. After receiving one Comparison with the local business list address instead. Local entries can become dominant over the lists provided by the program extension and unshare URL.

The list, which is automatically modified according to regional requirements, is then activated via a proxy system with filter modules. Filter modules can contain additional group management options in the form of temporal internet and e-commerce access times for individual company areas. An entrylink is used to initiate a check in advance for an as yet unknown internet or e-commerce offer as to whether the URL is contained in a category that has not been ordered. If no entry is found in the overall system, web information can be called up for direct pre-classification on request. The user contains a note - see FIGS. 1 and 2 - that the desired URL is not yet available. By clicking on the ordered positive list category of the business list, a pre-classification can be made - see Fig. 3 - in order to initiate a check after pressing the transfer command (buttons).

The current list is updated with all new entries over a predetermined period automatically updated again and again. Use of unwanted internet offered through Internet and e-commerce in the company can be used extension of the described business list according to the invention almost completely be excluded. Companies also have maximum quality Available that do not involve large amounts for building an in-house list want to post, but not for a targeted employee participation on want to do without the company's own e-commerce and Internet, the highest Emphasis on clearly structured employee use of the Internet and e-commerce wish and attach great importance to a high level of user friendliness.

Claims (4)

1. Procedure for accessing websites (homepages) that have an Internet address (domain name) is assigned, with access only to such pages can take place whose addresses are stored in a list and that at a Access or a selection of an Internet address first of all a comparison of the selected Internet address with the addresses stored in the list and Access to the website of the selected address is only possible if the Address is also included in the list. 2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the list of domain names to which access is given can be done, is updated automatically at regular intervals. 3. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that in the list the domain names specified Katego or a variety of categories and a selection of Domain addresses to be accessed, also by selecting the ge desired category can be done. 4. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that in a case where the address of a desired Website is not saved in the list, the one to whom access is ver has been refused, a program module is available, by means of which the Request to include the address of the page denied to him in the list can send a server.